Albert Einstein, Karl Schwarzschild and the Schwarzschild Metric
Author: Patrick Bruskiewich
Subject: Karl Schwarzschild; Albert Einstein; Schwarzschild Metric; George Volkoff; Oppenheimer; Riemann; equation of state, Oppenheimer-Volkoff Equation of State
Language: German
Collection: pythagoraspublishing; additional_collections
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A close look at the life and work of Karl Schwarzschild and in particular the Schwarzschild Metric and his two papers from 1916. It is evident that scientists like Riemann and Schwarzschild were looking at gravity as a curving of space long before Einstein and his famous 1916 paper on the Theory of General Relativity. Einstein was definitely not the first physicist to suggest that space-time was curved. Schwarzschild wrote a paper on the subject of the curvature of space in 1900, over fifteen years before Einstein's 1916 paper. Schwarzschild may have been inspired by work by Gauss, but was certainty inspired by the work on the curvature of space done by Riemann. Schwarzschild could expand on Einstein's 1916 paper so readily because he was familiar with the math and physics.
The equation of state perspective to the Schwarzschild model of stellar structure showed a dichotomy between Dr. Kaempffer and Dr. Volkoff. Dr. Kaempffer emphasized the space-time aspect of the model, while Dr. Volkoff emphasized the equation of state aspect of the model. It is understandable why Dr. Volkoff, who is famous for his 1939 paper with J.R. Oppenheimer, and is known for the Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation of state of neutron stars, would place special emphasis on the equation of state aspect of the problem.
This paper was written in 1981 with the kind assistance of Dr. F. A. Kaempffer and Dr. George Volkoff. The manuscript remained lost in the authorâs papers for years, until recently rediscovered with other manuscripts.
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